Eagle "net overlaps pin"(or:"i am now homicidal...look out")

Eagle "net overlaps pin"(or:"i am now homicidal...look out")#146525

By dmitrygr - Sun Jun 24, 2012 4:04 pm

- Sun Jun 24, 2012 4:04 pm #146525

I've been all over google, whatever docs I could find, etc. I even consulted a shaman and did a rain dance!
I have never ever seen a piece of software as terrible as this one, or as badly documented!

That out of the way, I keep getting "NET ... overlaps pin ..." errors in cases where i fully intended to connect said wire to said pin! why?!?!?!?!?!

Re: Eagle "net overlaps pin"(or:"i am now homicidal...look o#146526

By dmitrygr - Sun Jun 24, 2012 4:25 pm

- Sun Jun 24, 2012 4:25 pm #146526

Never mind....turns out that pretty much everyone who uses eagle knows it sucks and has learned that the acceptable solution is to re-wire each wire eagle complains about...as a software person I am amazed that this is considered acceptable!

Re: Eagle "net overlaps pin"(or:"i am now homicidal...look o#146541

By Joeisi - Sun Jun 24, 2012 10:35 pm

- Sun Jun 24, 2012 10:35 pm #146541

Well in your schematic you never truely connected to that pin; It doesn't know you connected the two. You did make a schematic right?

Eagle just takes a little to get used to thats all.

Re: Eagle "net overlaps pin"(or:"i am now homicidal...look o#146746

By macegr - Thu Jun 28, 2012 5:23 pm

- Thu Jun 28, 2012 5:23 pm #146746

I have been using Eagle for nearly 12 years and have never seen that particular error.

Re: Eagle "net overlaps pin"(or:"i am now homicidal...look o#146785

By Joeisi - Fri Jun 29, 2012 3:46 pm

- Fri Jun 29, 2012 3:46 pm #146785

macegr wrote:I have been using Eagle for nearly 12 years and have never seen that particular error.

I get it every once and awhile but I've figured out how to fix it.

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